Match-machine.



N0. 688,8ll.. Patented Dec. l7, iBUl.

W. W. ABBOTT, Decd.

M. S. ABBOTT, Administratrix. MATCH MACHINE.

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No. 688,8". Patented Dec. l7, I901 W. W. ABBOTT, Dec'd.

M. ABBOTT, Administratrix.

MATCH MACHINE.

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WVILLIAM .VV. ABBOTT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT; MARY S. ABBOTTADMINISTRATRIX OF SAID WVILLIAM IV. ABBOTT, DECEASED.

MATCH-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 688,811, datedDecember 17, 1901. Application filed May 8, 1900- Serial No. 15,930. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. ABBOTT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inll/Iatch-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in match-machines, and refers moreespecially to that class of machines in which a veneer is cut intosplints, which are inserted into an endless carrier, then cut off intolengths and conveyed by the said carrier through a composition-bath,afterward being forced out of the carrier as a finished match onto amoving belt which conveys them to the boxing machinery. I

It is the object of my invention, among other things, to construct amachine of this general character in which only every alternate splintwill be severed from the veneer at each stroke of the cutter mechanism,so that the splints enter the carrier with an open space between themthe full width of a splint.

Itis a further object of my invention to construct the machine with thefewest possible parts so designed as to be economically constructed andreadily assembled.

To these and other ends my invention consists in a match-machine havingcertain details of construction and combination of parts, as will behereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the match-machine herein described a veneer enters a splint-cuttingmachine between a pair of feeding-rolls, and by means of rotating knivesor cutters the veneer is divided lengthwise into a plurality of splints,

which pass between another pair of feeding- Averrolls adjacent to anendless carrier. tically-lnovable cutter separates each alternate splintfrom the veneer, leaving the other splints projecting in front of thecutter. The feeding-rolls during their next rotation push the projectingsplints into one of the bars of T the carrier-chainand away from thecutter. Immediately after the cutting operation the carrierchain isadvanced so that the next carrying-bar in the chain is brought into line.of Fig. 1.

with the splints. The cutter-head is movedside'wisebei'oret-henextdowuward movement, so that the cutters areinline with those splints that were notcutolf at thelast previousstroke.By this construction and mode of operation every alternate splint issevered at each stroke of the cutter mechanism, and between every splintin the carrier-chain there is an open space of substantially the samewidth as that of the splint ilself. The splints enter the carrier-chainin a direct line with the veneer, which overcomes the presentobjectionable method common in the art of feeding all of the splintsinto the carrier-chain at one and the same time, but separating them, sothat every alternate splint enters the chain in a different verticalplane from the one next to it.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals designate like partsin the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machinecomplete. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary end View thereof with thesplint-cutter in section upon line A B of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view ofone end of the splint-cutting machine, taken upon line C D in thedirection of the arrow Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of thesplint-cutting machine. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional elevation ofthe splintcut-ting machine, taken upon line A'B of Fig. Fig. 6 is afragmentary elevation of a portion of the splint-cuttingmachine frame,showing the mechanism for actuating the cutter-head. Fig. 7 is afragmentary plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 6. Figs. 8 and 9 arefragmentary views of the intermittent feed worm and gears. Figs. 10, 11,and 12 are fragmentary views of the cutter-head and its adjacentmechanism. Fig. 13 illustrates two views of the cutting-knife. Figs. 14and 15 are front and side elevations, respectively, of one of the formerknives. Figs. 16, 17, and 18 are views of the carrier-chain. Fig. 19illustrates three views of the carrierchain, filling-piece,andlink-retaining device. Fig. 20 is a longitudinal section of themechanism for stripping the matches from the chain. Fig. 21 is anelevation of the strippercam.

The splint-cutting machine is constructed with a horizontal table 1,supported .at either end by standards 2 2", and a roll'table 3, fixed atone end to the standard 2 and at the other end to the upright 4.Journaled in boxes adjustable vertically in the side frames 5 5 are theupper feed-rolls 6 6, and directly below .the same are the lowerfeed-rolls '7 7, the peso as to prevent any vertical or horizontalmovement of the veneer during the cutting operation. Between thefeed-rolls, both be' low and above the upper surface of the roll-'frame, are the rotating knife-bars 9 9, which are journaledat eitherend in boxes 10 10, adjustable vertically within the side frames 5.Attached to each of the said knife-bars by screws 11 11 or other likemeans are the former-knives 12, having a serrated beveled cuttingcdge,asshown in Fig. 14,the form and shape of the serrations beinggoverned by the shape of the match.

As illustrated, the knives are designed for around match; but if it isdesired tomakea match angular in cross-section it is simply necessary tochange the form of the serrations. Beneath the upper knife-bar andfastened securely to the top of the roll-table is a plate 13, having arecess 14 cut in the bot- :tom thereof, so as to permit of aslightyieltling movement of the upper surface of the table and preventcloggingof the veneer under the guide 8 if, pet-chance, the veneershould it 'vary slightly in thickness.

i "is imparted to the feed-rolls through the spurgear 14, which meshesinto the pinions 15 15, Fig. l, fixed to rolls 7 7, which pinions meshinto the pinions 16 16, fixed to rolls 66'. The spur-gear 14 is drivenfrom a vertical shaft 17, journaled in boxes 18 t 18, fixed to thefra1ne-barsl9 19, a bevel-pinion 20 upon said shaft meshing into abevel-gear 21, made fast to the spur-gear 14. Rotatable in the boxes 2222, fastened to the frame-bars l9 19', is the main driving-shaft 23,having upon one end a driving-pulley 24 and upon the other end the worm25. Journaled at either end in the boxes 26 26, attached to thestandards 2 and upright 4, is the shaft 27, to which is fixed aworm-gear 28, which meshes into the worm 25, and a miter-gear 29, whichmeshes into the miter-gear 30, fastened to thevertical shaft 17. As themain shaft 23 is rotated an intermittent rotary movement is imparted tothe shaft 27 through the worm and wormgear 28, which motion is impartedto the vertical shaft 17 and the feed-rolls through the miter-gears 29and 30. The knife-bars 9 9 are rotated by the belts 3131, connecting thepulley 32 upon the cutter-shaft 33 and the pulleys 34 and 34 upon theprojecting ends of the said knife-bars. One of the knife-bars 9 issupported and journaled at its outer end in the standard 35, whichstandard also sup- A rotary motion ports one end of the shaft 33 in thebox 36,

the other end of said shaft. being journaled in the box 27, fastened tothe frame-bar l9. Shaft is driven by the belt 38, which connects thepulley 39 upon the shaft 23 with the pulley 4O. 'lhe forming-knivesrotate continuously at a high rate of speed, which speed is determinedby the relative sizes of the pulleys 39 and 40 and pulley 32 and 34 34,while the feed-rolls have an intermittent motion and only feed theveneer forward when the carrier-chain is ready to receive it.

Movable vertically in guldeways 37, fastened at their lower ends to theframe-bars 19 and at their. upperends to theroll-table 3, is thecutter-head 41, having an integral overhanging backing-lug 42 anddownwardlyprojecting integral arms 43 43 at either side thereof. Thecutter-head is actuated vertically by means of the cutter-cams 44 44,fixed tothe driving-shaft 23, cam-levers 45 45, secured at one end tothe rod 46 and carrying a cam-roll 47 at its free end, which roll liesin the groove in the cutter-cam, links 48 4S, pivotally secttredto thecam-levers by the bolts 49 at their lower ends and to the rod 50 attheir upper'ends, which rod passes through the bottom ends of the arms43 43'0n the cutter-head.

Fixed to the side of the roll-table 3 is a bracket 51, within which isjournaled the eccentric-shaft 52, carrying a bevel-gear 53 and aneccentric 54, around which is the eccentricstrap 55. A connection-rod 56joins the cocentric-strap with the block 57, rotatably fixed to thecutter-head by the bolt 58.

The numeral 59 designates a vertical shaft, which is journaled in thebearing 60 and the bracket 51 and is driven by a miter-gear 61 upon theshaft 23, meshing into a miter-gear 62 upon the lower end of the saidvertical shaft. A bevel-pinion 63, keyed to the shaft 59, engages withthe bevel-gear53 and drives the eccentric-shaft 52. As the pinion 63 isonly one-half the size of the gear 53, the eccentric-shaft 52 rotates atone-half the speed of theyertical shaft 59.

Rigidly fixed to the cutter-head 37 are a plurality of independentcutters 64, which are provided with a groove 65 and are prevented fromlateral movement within the cutter-head by the integral tongues 66,between which the said cutters are inserted. Vertical movement of thecutters is prevented by the plate67, having a tongue 68, which entersthe groove 65 in the cutters, and which plate is securely fastened tothe cutter-head by the bolts 69. An adjustment of the knives is acquiredby means of the adjusting-screws 70 and checknuts 71, the screws beingthreaded in the overhanging head portion 42 of the cutter-head andimpinging upon the plate 67. As these cutters are independent of eachother, they can be replaced at a small expense and with littledifficulty if one of them should become broken or injured in any way andwithout requiring a complete new set. A hardened plate 72 is fastened,by means of the screws 73, to the edge of the roll-table 3 and providesa lower rigid knife, against which the movable cutters 64 can separatethe splints from the veneer. To prevent the forward ends of the splintsfrom springing upward, I have provided a pressure-plate 74, which ispivotally mounted at either end in the side frames 5 and which bearsupon the top of the splints, as shown in Fig. '5, and a spring 75,engaging with a lug 76 upon the said pressure-plate, holds the same downwith a yielding pressure.

The operation of the splint-cutting device is as follows: A woodenveneer is placed in the machine between the feed-rolls 6 and 7, whichrolls feed the said veneer under the guide 8 and over the plate 13,where the forming-knives 12 12, attached to the knife-bar 9, cut theupper portion of said veneer so as to form one-half of the splint. Theveneer then passes under the guide 8, and the lower forming-knives 1212, attached to the knife-bar 9, cut the veneer so as to form the lowerhalf, and complete the splint. The splints are now separate from eachother and pass between the rolls 6 and 7 and under the pressureplate 74.It will be borne in mind that the feed-rolls have an intermittent rotarymovement, and hence the veneer is fed forward intermittently; but theforming-rolls rotate continuously. The cam 44 is so timed thatimmediately upon the stopping of the feedrolls and the feeding of thesplints a downward movement is given to the cutter-head 37, and thecutters G-Zt sever every alternate splint from theveneer against theplate 72. The first lot of splints cut from the veneer do not enter thecarrier-chain, because the front of the veneer is straight and there areno, holes in the chain to receive the full width of the veneer; butafter the first downward stroke of the cutter-head one half of thesplints project in advance of the other half, as shown in Fig. 11, sothat at the next movement of the feed-rolls the projecting splints arefed into the chain and are there held until the cutter-head movesdownwardly and the cutters sever the splints from the veneer. After eachdownward movement of the cutter-headthe same is shifted or movedcrosswise in the guideways 37 37 by means of the eccentric 54 andconnection-bar 56, so that the cutter-knives 64 are above those splintsthat were not severedat the last stroke of the cutter-head. The twoextreme lateral positions of the cutter-head in relation to the splintsand the adjacent parts is shown in Figs. 10 and 12. These successiveoperations of feeding and cutting every alternate splint from the veneerat every stroke continues until the veneer has passed through themachine, when a new veneer is inserted and the operations repeated asbefore.

The carrier-chain is composed of a plurality of carrier-bars 77, towhich are secured plates 79, having recesses 80 therein for thereception of the match-splints and which are separated from the bar 77by a filling-piece 81. The carrier-bars 77 are joined by links 82, whichabut against the ends of the plates 79,

permitting a portion of the bars 77 to project' outside thereof, so asto engage with the teeth upon the feed-gears 83, as shown in Figs. 2 and11. Every alternate filling-piece S1 is elongated and projects throughthe said links and is provided with a finger 84,which engages with theouter surface of the links 82 and prevents the same from being displacedlaterally, as shown in Fig. 16. A knife-point 85 projects upward fromthe bottom of each of the recesses 80 and isdesigned to enter the end ofthe splint and hold it against disengagement from the carrier-bars. Theapertures 86 in the links 82, through which the bars 77 pass, arerounded upon one side, as shown in Fig. 18, so as to permit a slightrocking movement upon the bars 77, which enables the chain to passaround the periphery of the carrier-wheels. The recesses 80 in theplates 79 are staggered in relation to each otherthat is, the recessesin one plateare opposite the high portion of the next succeeding plate,and vice versaso as to permit the splints to enter the bars as they arecut off, it being remembered that only every alternate splint is severedfrom the veneer at each stroke. The particular construction of themechanism for moving the chain is not material to this invention; but,asillustrated, it consists of a'pair of toothed feed-Wheels 83 83,mounted upon a shaft 87, rotatably secured to boxes upon the upright 4and having fixed upon one end a bevel-gear 88, which meshes into abevel-pinion 89, keyed to vertical shaft 90, upon the lower end of whichis a wormgear 91, meshing into the worm 25. Through .the worm 25 andworm-gear 91 an intermittent rotary movement is imparted to the verticalshaft 90, which motion is conveyed to the feed-wheels and carrierchainthrough the bevel-pinion 89 and bevel-gear 88, the timing of themovement of the carrier-chain being such as to permit the moving thereofat the same time as the veneer is being advanced by the feed rolls.After passing around the feed-wheels 83 the carrier-chain passes throughthe usual composition-bath, 850., common to machines of this character,thence around a plurality of drums 92, which are supported upon uprights93 93, thence around a drum 94, and through the stripping device back tothe feed-wheels 83.

The construction of the composition-bath and drum mechanism is notmaterial to my invention, and I have not therefore shown or described itmore in detail. The. mechanism for knocking the splints from thecarrier-bars consists of a frame 96, secured to the framebars 97; aslide 95, movable inways .112, secured to said frame; a stripper-plate98, fastened to one end of the said slide by the cap 99 and screws 100;rock-arms 101, fixed to a rock-shaft102, mounted in the frame-bars 97;links 103, connecting the rock-arms 101 IIO with the slide 95, and aconnection-bar 101, joining therock-arm 113,.fixed to the rockshaft 102,with a yoke 105, which straddles the shaft 23 and carries a roll 106,which is operative within a cam-groove 107 in the face of the worm 25.

When the carrier-chain is at rest, the slide 95 is actuated through therock-shaft 102 and cam mechanism above described, causing thestripper-plate 98 to enter between the carrier-bar 77 and plate 79,pushing the splints out of the chain onto the transversely-moving belt108, which passes around pulleys 109 109'. A shaft 110, journaled in abracket 115, bolted to the frame-bar 97, supports the pulley 109, andfixed to said shaft is a worm 111, which engages with aworm-gear 114upon the vertical shaft 90. Adjacent to the said stripper mechanism area pair of chain feedwheels 83 83, which are operated and driven insubstantially the same manner as hereinbefore described for thefeed-wheels 83.

- There are many minor changes and alterations that can be made withinmy invention, and I would therefore have it understood that I do notlimit myself-to the exact construction herein shown and described, butclaim all that falls fairly within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a match-machine, the combination withmechanism for forming splint-strips from a veneer; of mechanism forcutting the splints into lengths; and means for actuating said cuttingmechanism whereby the same will sever only a portion of the saidsplint-strips at each operation thereof, substantially as described.

2. In a match-machine, the combination I with mechanism for formingsplint-strips from a veneer; of mechanism for cutting the splintstripsinto lengths; and means for actuating said cutting mechanism whereby thesame will sever only every alternate splint from the splint-strips ateach stroke thereof, substantially as described.

3. In a match-machine, the combination with mechanism for cutting aveneer into splint-strips; a cutter mechanism for severcally andlaterally whereby only a portion of the said splint-strips are severedfrom said veneer at each stroke thereof, substantially as described.

5. Ina match-machine having mechanism attached thereto for forming aplurality of splint-strips from a Veneer, the combination therewith of acutting mechanism having cutters attached thereto; and means foractuating said cutting mechanism whereby one'half of the splint-stripsare severed at one stroke thereof; and means for shifting the saidcutting mechanism between each cutting stroke, so that the nextsucceeding stroke will sever the remaining splints from thesplint-strips, all constructed and operating substantially as described.

6. In a match-machine having mechanism attached thereto for forming aplurality of splint-strips from aveneer, the combination therewith of acutter-head having fixed therein a plurality of cutter-knives, whichknives are separated by tongues attached to the said cutter-head andwhereby an open space is left between said cutters; and means forimparting a vertical and a lateral movement to thesaid cutting mechanismat substantially one and the same time, substantially as described.

7. In a match-machine of the character described, the combination with asplint-stripforming machine; of cutting mechanism for severing everyalternate splint from said strips at each stroke thereof; an endlesscarrier-chain; means for feeding the said splints into saidcarrier-chain, and stripper mechanism for stripping the said splintsfrom the said carrier-chain, substantially as shown and described.

8. In a carrier-chain for match-machines; means for holding the splintsin said chain, the said means comprising a carrier-bar; a plate shorterthan said bar but attached thereto with an open space therebetween, thesaid plate having a plurality of recesses therein; and a plurality ofknife-points fixed in said recesses and projecting into the same,substantially as described.

9. In a carrier-chain for match-machines; a plurality of carrier-bars;links connecting said bars and adapted to have a slight relativemovement thereon, the ends of said bars projecting outward from saidlinks plates rigidly attached to said bars with an open spacetherebetween and having a plurality of recesses therein within which thematchsplints are adapted to enter and a plurality of knife-points fixedto said plates and entering the said recesses, substantially asdescribed.

In test-imony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM W. ABBOTT.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. HALL, EDWIN M. CLARK.

